Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter on Thursday after a chaotic, months-long buyout process, leaving the richest man on the planet in control of one of the world's most widely used social media and communication platforms. Musk wasted no time imposing himself on the company, swiftly firing several top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal. ' Elon Musk has a thirst for chaos and utter disregard for anyone other than himself and should not own Twitter.
' But Musk's stated openness to free expression appears not to apply to his employees, Tesla customers, or journalists covering his companies.
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